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Mueingud (eft) rnd Commisei[€r ofDornostic Taxos Sarth Chderlgat rppsar bsfoE the Financo Committr€ at Psrliruflent ylstaday, pHoTo,ltlA\4o LuaowA MPs question URA funding demands Mr Musinguzi says the process ofnevenue col- lections requires ajoint effort.
BY ESTHEN OLUKA I eBislator3 yesterday inteEo8ated I omcials ftom Us.anda Revenue Au- I tt o"iw tunat i*rut the tundine hrpr "iti" o-jsterial policy stad meot for the Pinancia.l \ear 2022/2023 that they prB€nt€d b€fore Ihdiarnentl Finance crmmittee The Committee is chaired by f,iboga East MP Ke€& XcuEmula- ' In his g€sentatiorLMr John MusuBu- zi.

the Commission€r c€nEral br URA said ti€ir (iDstitution's) budget r€quirR rnsnt for the Fhascial \ur 2o22J202?
is Shs726 billion with the tunding 6ap estimated at Shsz)s billion,an amourt which includes budget ort& Mr MuriBuzi also stated thal ths D,ro- i!

a compliEat cers ofrera€nue coll€ction ,, hrrcrdaar.
'lt i8 our prayor that wo b6 giv6n some additiond nnancing Euppolt 30 that wB arE ablB to effoctivsly imploflrst t,le tax adminiEtmtion i. tiatiws that havo been lined up and well-aiti- rcyanue culat€d in our dom€stic mobilisation 6ttBta$r,' Ir Jolnr Iu.hgud, th.Conm .alon r G.nd.rl lbr Uarndt Rmflc Authorlty runA DAILY OTT|TON TUESDAY 12 2022 www.monltor.co.ug ed onetbat requirts ajdnt e&rt.
'It b our prayer tlat wE be given rome additional furandlg support ro lhat we alt able to efrectively inr plement the taa administration ini- tiativrs that bav€ been lined up and r,wll{rtis ated in [.8 donre*ic Eerr nue m&ililatisr staEglf he said Crltlcd prlorttl.t Some ofthe critical unfilId€d prior- , ilies br the FiDencial Yeat 2022/2023 r thatcrtIc pointed outincluded a tax acaderny 0and ptmhase desi8n and tonstruction) thrt needs financial ba.lint ofshs3s biltitrt dce accorr modation (induding in 22 s€lcct€d , custorDs ard enforc€Eef,t Btations) et shs2?
billim snd stafBelEle ard Itttrtion initiativ€s at Sb!81 blb$ iaman8ot}r€!3.

Mr PauI Omara, the Otuke county tC as&ed the Commissioler to give m(,Edarity ' l would want b fud outrnorEinfrr- Eation 6m the coEmissiqler G€rts i eral becaue he said ifthe frrnding gap of Sh9r5 bilim is nd givslthis contry will forftit Shs43 trillioo.'

' He added 'Mr chainnea, when ex- ecutiv€s ask fG monry ard they harc .
plqj€cd rEv€nue,Btrat we always do ' is we gi,/€ thernadu/ehold theirfeet , totb€flI€' : IhmrSh Mr Musinguzi did not go in- !

todetailsabqltthe rnoney during the Committee sittin€" he latrr told the , media that despit€ the overall fund- trg gap.

some of their hvestments have irnmediate impact on levenu€.

'For erample, t}le tax a€ademy would bave a lont ter!]
impact in skillng the URA rcsoulces to be able to natEh the standads in the marka, 50, the contrilrution of tax fmm the fundin8 gap is not to be rcaiised in a single ffnancial year ard that is why withthe guidance ofthe ministry and Parfirmstttodey(Fsteday),\ eha'/e agreed on prioritising the most im- : port nt iEmediate r€srltf'he statsd , TtleState Minister for Pla$dng,Mr : AIII6 tr8oloobi,said the ftmding Bap : disorssion was an inteEsting debate, : which they needed k suage in and mfiudt wdys ofraising th€ rnon€] oolukr@ug.nstionmsdia.com IGG spends only ?tr/oofbudget to probe cases Er/FAITH AIt'lOtaGlN PARLIAf,IENL'Ite hspecronte of ColsrEne (lc) has a6ihde.t th sl f Fotrrss in hadliry corruSim cal€s b poorfurdfuAtsngovrrmrE|L 'Ihe Inspecbr c€Iml dcolftmrD@t lrs Beti Xa.cly4 wbile appesrinS bebrc hdiarrEttCommittee{fi,egal adPar lialtgltary ffeils yesteldaysait Bleln- A€clclate spends S0 perErif dthe hldF et on running the insdtution and h tlle erd&fls b caEy cl its rDardare a study ulas done and it was estab- lirhed that g.^Emflr€nt hsesrDto Shs2o tdlicn flsy lrar in (rruptioftBltrgor lG rpne, to emmEnt do6 not gi\re th€ do its workEightypgtmt of OE hdget is spsrt ofl salaries, ftnt,electicity,and gentfaly running the insutrtisn " Ms IarrrydsaA She tunhs splained that the Shszo tn:llim is 106r thlo'Eh urdfr dectamtbn of taxe5, misruna$rnent ofpmcus ItrDcessss and qlbight st€aling of ru€rtt illtsded br s€rviE, rnoo€y 'We ltqufurrfirylo in Esttde,tros.
eflt€ and thal b wtateE ar" vouching hrtrom th€ committee"!,G Kamya faid in a bricfinGrvinr dstheme*ing lt€ IG, accordints to t}re pmposed Adget fu the Finer$ial YgJflfrz2.l2m\, has b€m atlocated Shs6?.?

billiorl.

Of this, shsSzsb is unds rtcurrtnt q/hile shsrs:bistu&dmem.

Houevtr, accuding the Ic uinistEri- is need ftn re al Folicy Stetsn€d"lhsr cruitment of morc staff in the fieht against corrutriont-aining of st8fi staff rlEdjral in$rure ard trltrhase dne$r v€hidB amonS other unfuided pnori.
ti€3,dalirESltIoaJbilitrL Racrufl'lilt 'Ifu rtcruiEnsrt plan for dle nert E- ruruial Year rcquirEs Shsr-?
bilion to frll 39 positions, which inchrde lnspectrrate c ffcgs (3o)dtivEs (s),psronal seseta!- ies (2l,rB(fids assistants (z),an affount" ant and a humannso:rcemaugrl, DuringtlEnEeting,l,lBtad(dt]l€ lcc to erdain trow she intmds to carrlout the mntmversiallifesfdeardit seamlesF lf wi0n{ settir€ Lto tile bordaries d witchnunt arut intinsinS on peoples righbfrnncy lrslcrflyaerylained&at leadas hddirlg Frhticdce ae mada- to declarE their a6s€ts as per the lra+ €d e$hiD code /Act 'sE get a tot ofthir intoEration ftlln vthi$ellows and tle usrrnylraw a lct ofinbmatinrat the erd cf the dayh qdsupin(oEqtrelCG sai4 SlEltomt qpEd thd rd.cases €rd up collapging due b lack ofzuffclvrt ar- idsE 'f am afrnofthelifr6t$e audit troaEr eq lou need a legal frame{,o* to cary coiEUPrtot tnDtl UEanda rYeE,t'*6d nurtbcr t42 out of18o corintrle3, accorrfng to th6 2O2l Global Contrptiorr lndox.
Generally, tub-Srharan Aflica is the most crrr.upt Slobal lrgion, with littlo imple- vErn€ntftun pruYio0s lrsan Tho indox showr a diroct conrk- tiofl b6tw66rt cofruption end disragsrd tbr tho rulo of bw.
orttltis,so thd lDu dorlt Eo ^r^idp,'Rn8" vrsi Comty MP Abdu l(ahlrltI said 'ItEfft alsoqudrd rshattilef,GIIned as ud€rpctrrrDance odtbe IC, v,order- inSif itcaddbethemalonttrtryPr€sid€lrt [,t$er/Ed hadbinm.tlEthestalelIo]se &ticorflrldcrtUnit Hor{ei {,Ms xamya sai&The lc is an ird€?gdent instiutforLlt was o&ay for the head of Stat!

to establish &e State House Anti{orruption Unit, which he can manage pasonally though his o(- eqrtile.I h u$aly colabomte with oth.
er eerrics like the Office of the tuditor hv€stiSaEnrs De C€n€laltlreoiminal Ebd(CD)ad.tb6'' ln regad b theEwrised imsOgatiort about the funeral €rpenes of foIms Speaks lacd odaryahMs famya said tbey ate tmested in the EBtler and aIe cnrlywaiting br the dtlst u, setle -Itreft is *i[ mudr spingon andt]e ac.

comtebitities ale nd yst done,Fu can not Sart an invBtigation before the q- penditures arc settled.
h.rt we made a mnmiurstt as the lG,'$e said ditorid@ug.nation m6dir-com 4$0ffiUgandans nowstuckwith old pasports BYKANIM MUYOAO KAHPALA.

About half a million UE rdalls atB mable to travel outside tbe countrl becausethey havEnot suc.
cetsfftllypflied ad secured the narr list Atican Commtmity ela3sport ltE oH rudtinercad.t{e t-Eilden pasgporls wtlt phs!€d qn on Apdl 4 ad carnot bc u.s€d b tEvel ottlide tE co,lI-ilryalltfiAh @ecan us€ itto Fag?tba.k 'Our Ecords irdicate that 45o,ooo ItsedarB hre Dot rsEnted their old machine-r€adable pas3ports to the dectmnic East African fcports,'Mr Simon Mundrifi,tb Public RelatiorB Omcer at the Mnirtry of lncrrul Af- hilatold a$eekly m€dia triedns}!s- uday.

lle also rElEabd that 55o,oo0 Ugan.


darx heve since been issud with the nerr eEast A&ican passports.

'The old machine-readable pass- porB ltopped being in use after the expiry oftle April I deadline.

Ugan- dans with thes€ old parspons will not be allolrred io fly cn oftie c(imtryEx- it out ofth€ country wiu only be pos' sible with the elecEonic East African p6slport,'he said Rtrxrlr{fFe.'.

Mr Mundeyi clarified tiat th€ 450,000 USOdans who iue yet to rc- new their qld ma&in€-Badable pass.
ports can rsewthem at ary time.

'ReD6r/inE ofthe old pasiports has not stoppd.

The procear of phasint mlt ofth€ dd pGsports doesn't mtan \.re camot issue n€w palsports.

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yone can l€rew their old machine- readable paspcrts to neu, ones at sIIy dmethey wenq'Mr Mund€Vi said" Out of the population of 45 million, onb 1mi[ton LrEandas haveold pass- ports.

Out oflbese,55o,000 har]t sirEe betlr rgrnnd- LOf,O QUCUET Folot in8th€Apfil4 doldlin€ ofph&s,oB out tf|6 old paaspo*q ttl6t!

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kxlg quouos at t€ passport csnaE h fiyamboSo ard &t lntsrn lAffrilB offco on Old Pod boll Road.

Mr Mund€yi ettdbubd lrt€ hog quouos to poopl€ who sholv up at tlloir ce.

ll witturt boirE irryitod.

'About crowda end quau€a et antolrnsflt cant r, tftis is bocause UgsndrB dofit l{al|t to lblbw appdntrnenta.
Ws handlo bshiroen t,8OO to 2,OOO apdtxnts perdry botlr at enrchtnthoadqlar.t$ and colloction calltm, KlBmbogo, thorlfolt, tYs csnnot hendle ellthae rtnturn rp,'Mr Mund6yl6aid" Ho oxdslnod tlut during th6 bckdovn, hundrcdo of pople appliod {br passports and yet thay werc not w6r*in& honcs carrsing a bec*lo3.

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